Valeriy Bolotov

Valeriy Bolotov is the People's Governor of Luhansk, who led separatist forces during the Ukrainian Civil War of 2014.

Biography
Valeriy Bolotov was proclaimed the People's Governor of Luhansk on 21 April 2014 during the pro-Russian unrest in the Ukraine. Luhansk was declared an independent republic by supporters of Russia, who were opposed to the new government of Oleksandr Turchynov. Bolotov was made the leader of the insurgency, and on 11 May 2014 voted in favor of secession from Ukraine in a controversial poll. However, on 13 May 2014 Bolotov was wounded when assailants fired on his car in the Luhansk region of Ukraine in a failed assassination attempt.